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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on October 17, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 October 1926364,105 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
364,105 km226,245 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1926 is on Thursday, October 21, 1926 at 05:15 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 1926 at 22:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 14, 192614:28
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 21, 192605:15

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1926 to the new moon of November 5, 1926, a cycle of 29.68 days.